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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary line asks for alteration by “Prening Sood” and mentions a request to alter a document or notice. Names and context are unclear, but the item appears to involve an editor or authority asked to act on a Sun’s issue.
The California Legislature considers Chinese exclusion bills. Orting Soldiers Home construction begins while Port Angeles housing expands for federal land grants. Spokane Street Railway stock rises to $500,000 and Baker county taxes 200,000 acres missed deeds. Tacoma police reform and Seattle liquor licenses face changes. San Diego and Victoria freight shifts, Walnut Grove damages suit ends, and a Sallbra? timber rail line proposed. Arizona and Clifton bridge disaster noted.
A collage from Chicago New York and St Louis notes shows mayoral interactions with President Gage, highway robbery concerns in New York, free coinage opposition in St Louis, and a broad sweep of state actions. Reports cover wheat imports, pensions, and bids for monuments at Gettysburg.
Reports from Europe and beyond cover imperial moods and trade. Emperor William grows crankier while King Humbert is to arbitrate US Britain Behring Sea dispute. Paris Exposition profits, Russian wheat estimates, and Germany’s colonial moves.
Portland market reports plentiful flour and oats, fair demand, and very plentiful potatoes with shipments to San Francisco. Eggs, butter, and cheese remain in tight supply. cheese prices rise. Hops, hides weak. wool firm. Meat and vegetables mix, with notable price ranges across dairy, produce, and grains.
The listing compiles varied market quotes for groceries and fruits, including Cotton, Rice, Pickies, Cape Cod, Sarr Liverpool, Cowrie Costa Rica, Bease Butter and fruit prices. It notes firm markets for certain items and provides per-pound and per-box prices for vegetables, canned goods, and seafood.
The largest number of women players in Chicago's south side gathers at the Standard club where they compete with men and hold their own. Notable players include the Mises Goodman on the south side and Mias Cool on the north side who plays strong runs of fifty or sixty with three balls. Advances in skill come despite skirts and corsets, aided by left-handed shots. Prominent tables owned by Potter Palmer George Pullman and the Misses Pullman, Charles Schwartz, and Mrs H B Porter showcase female interest in billiards and pool.
John Dunham, veteran Minneapolis grocer, argues poor credit practice and lack of market reading harm merchants. He recounts J. B. Bassett’s anecdote on thinking before acting, illustrating how deliberate work habits boost efficiency. Dunham cites past success and claims about 15 percent of groceries go unpaid.
The piece notes diamonds found in Georgia and Wisconsin collected by Maj. Powell from New Mexico. It mentions beryls and a fist sized aqua marine from Portland Maine, a noteworthy amethyst from North Carolina once used by prehistoric people, and various oriental amethysts and Brazilian amethysts with wide color range.
A well dressed colored couple on Fulton Street staged a loud quarrel with the man wearing a placard advertising a new nostrum. The woman alternated scolding and shaking him to attract crowds while police did not appear. The ruse repeated at several corners, hindering pedestrians.
A sea captain stops at a village inn and asks a widow landlady if she knows a mate. She confesses she cannot find one either and proposes a bargain. They agree, and she becomes his mate as well, leaving him with two mates.
Bethel resident Edwards sent 457 letters home during the rebellion. his wife saved most of them and they form a lengthy wartime record. Mary W. Whitney, successor to Maria Mitchell at Vassar, promotes science study for girls to discipline their emotions.
The New York World reports on the hurdles in forming church choirs, noting dependence on newspaper ads and Sunday schools to recruit boys. German boys are preferred for brighter voices, with choirs typically 35 voices and pay scales for choristers and soloists.
An uptown teacher asks a girl how many bones in the body and the student replies 206. The teacher corrects with 207 after noting she swallowed a fish bone that day. The Philadelphia Record reports the playful educational moment.
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